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13-year-old Dutch girl,
Laura Dekker sails Around the World

Exploring
the farthest corners of the globe has always been one of man’s most endearing
dreams, and this has been taken to a wholly new level by the Dutch teenager
Laure Dekker, who has accomplished the seemingly impossible task of sailing
around the world solo at the age of 16 years. In fact, Laura became the
youngest person to sail across the earth when she completed her voyage at the
age of sixteen on the 21st of January 2012. On her way, she has
witnessed countless obstacles that have taken all the resourcefulness and
determination that she could master to realize her dreams into reality.

Laura
Dekker turned her dream into reality, and inspired countless other teenagers
across the planet to dream big with the blessings of her parents but not the
Dutch government. This is because the Dutch authorities tried their utmost to
prevent Laura from taking this arduous trip across the earth’s waters at such
an early age, and did all they could to stop her in her tracks. Even though of
Dutch nationality, Laura was in fact born on a yacht in the New Zealand waters.
She was born on the 20th of September 1995 while her parents were in
the middle of a seven year long sailing trip, and their trip continued for a
further five years after she was born before they returned to Holland. Thus,
being born within the territorial waters of New Zealand, Laura Dekker enjoys
dual Dutch and New Zealand citizenship.

Laura
Dekker stayed with her father even since her parents got divorced in 2002, and
her father’s passion of building boats has been a strong influence on her
eventual quest to sail across the earth alone. She started sailing at an early
age of six, and has ever since then been gradually upgrading to bigger boats as
she got older. She took part in competitive dinghy races, as well as, offshore events,
and finally started going on longer trips when she upgraded to the 7 m long
seaworthy boat Hurley 700 at the age of ten. Laura used this boat to take solo
trips around Holland, as well as, the North Sea, and then even sailed on her
own to England in May 2009 with her Hurley 700. It was during those solo trips
that the idea of sailing solo around the world began to emerge, and gradually
grew to become her biggest dream.

Laura
Dekker began to contemplate seriously about turning her dream into reality
somewhere during 2009, and received considerable support from her parents
towards her effort. However, the attitude of the Dutch government was quite to
the contrary, and the authorities started a court case to thwart Laura from
making the voyage. The ensuing battle in court continued for the next 10 months
at the end of which Laura’s custody was handed back to her parents in July
2010. Finally, Laura was free to begin her journey, which duly started on the
21st of August 2010 on the 30-year old yacht Guppy. Laura
successfully led her voyage around the world on the 38 feet yacht and finally
arrived in the Dutch Antillean island of Saint Maarten in the Caribbean on the
21st of January 2012.

Laura
Dekker traversed the North Atlantic, Pacific, and the Indian Oceans on her
journey, and clocked over 27,000 miles. However, much has been said and written
about the consequences of allowing young teenagers of going on such arduous
trips involving considerable risks, and Guinness authorities have scrapped all
records consisting of underage sailors to dissuade youngsters. Even then, Laura
Dekker remains an influential figure in popular culture.

Questions

Laura
Dekker has accomplished the incredible task of being –

a)The
only person ever to sail across the world

b)The
youngest person to sail around the world

c)The
oldest person to sail around the world

While
trying to make her dream come true, Laura received support from –

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Literacy for me was almost an unrealized unattainable dream! As a dyslexic learner I was unable to read, write, or decode words as a child, p,d,b and q were all the same letter. The written word was a collection of cuneiform squiggles that swam around on the page. I was identified dyslexic at age 9 and later dysgraphic. I spent the next 6 years in special education programs (limbō) trying to learn to read and write. The special education programs never acknowledged my creative capabilities, coping skills and shame and humiliation of being illiterate, they focused on "curing" my learning disabilities with under-trained teachers! Many classroom teachers assumed I would never read or write due to the severity of my dyslexia and this made me feel worthless. I eventually learned to read all words by sight the same method as learning Chinese. I am a dyslexic reading teacher that has built a reputation for finding innovative ways to teach reading and critical thinking to all students! ALL children are gifted and can learn to read! Sean Taylor M.Ed.

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